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1005:Pottenstein
914:) hold the
912:Egloffstein
904:Easter eggs
758:Castle Road
716:Betzenstein
656:Pottenstein
555:Pottenstein
541:Obertrubach
524:Egloffstein
517:Pottenstein
432:Tüchersfeld
428:Tower karst
406:Obertrubach
381:Egloffstein
358:Pottenstein
323:Betzenstein
289:Tüchersfeld
259:Egloffstein
243:Pottenstein
180:Switzerland
123:Romanticism
100:Switzerland
84:Frankenjura
24:Tüchersfeld
1401:Categories
1309:References
1103:In English
1098:Literature
859:Wiesenttal
648:Stalagmite
620:Leinleiter
548:Körbeldorf
498:table hill
464:Cretaceous
391:Gräfenberg
251:Muggendorf
117:Muggendorf
1119:In German
1033:Ehrenbürg
945:Forchheim
726:Stone Age
502:Forchheim
494:Ehrenbürg
487:Ehrenbürg
449:ammonites
430:rocks in
411:Weißenohe
401:Igensdorf
343:Hummeltal
278:Forchheim
272:(south),
202:Geography
44:‹See Tfd›
1091:Teuchatz
957:rambling
766:Mannheim
680:Ailsbach
626:Püttlach
610:Walberla
573:), 569 m
571:Creussen
557:), 614 m
550:), 623 m
543:), 582 m
536:), 587 m
519:), 590 m
506:Walburga
500:east of
471:Tertiary
456:Jurassic
318:Ahorntal
293:Judenhof
276:(east),
274:Bayreuth
270:Erlangen
1019:Wonsees
980:Gallery
922:Tourism
884:Customs
796:family.
733:Castles
708:valley)
706:Zeubach
682:valley)
614:Wiesent
605:Trubach
561:Neubürg
526:, 468 m
469:In the
438:In the
419:Geology
363:Prebitz
348:Pegnitz
328:Creußen
282:Bamberg
236:Wiesent
220:Pegnitz
216:Regnitz
72:Regnitz
64:Germany
60:Bavaria
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955:, and
932:Aufseß
896:Easter
770:Prague
634:Valley
632:Aufseß
628:Valley
622:Valley
616:Valley
607:Valley
532:(near
434:, 2008
333:Gesees
261:, and
48:German
879:ruins
873:ruins
867:ruins
851:ruins
845:ruins
839:ruins
833:ruins
827:ruins
639:Caves
445:karst
353:Plech
119:hills
94:, or
1338:ISBN
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232:A 73
224:A 70
212:Main
194:and
133:and
106:Name
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